TSA Chaper 16

There were far fewer people at the entrance to the Shadow Forest dungeon than yesterday. After a day, everyone’s level had gone up and there was no need to come to this level 10 dungeon anymore. Instead, they would rather form a team and go to the wild to farm monsters and upgrade. Those skilled experts could even bring their own potion to go out into the wild alone.

However, many people still came to form a team to clear the challenge dungeon. After all, the challenge dungeon provided a lot of good things. In addition to equipment, there were also skill books and various useful items. Anyway, there had been players to study the obscene style of play. Seeing that the situation was not going well, they quickly quit the team and exit the dungeon. They could save their small life if they were fast enough.

Ran Qi had thought that he was the last one to arrive, but when he looked at the map, he realized that Soul Chaser and Plume Ink were still behind him. They also had just come from the main city.

After waiting for a few more minutes, Night Owl saw through the map that the blue dots representing the team members had arrived, so he went straight to open the dungeon. “Everyone is here. Enter the dungeon.”

After entering the dungeon, Ran Qi was about to take out the pies he had made when he saw that the two people, Soul Chaser and Plume Ink, came up to them as if they were offering a treasure and took out several steaming pies.

Soul Chaser said proudly, “Fortunately, the two of us returned to the city as soon as we saw the announcement. We successfully grabbed 10 pies!”

“It’s a pity that the pumpkin pies were snatched up so quickly. We only got one. There were more for the other two.” Plume Ink said regretfully but quickly cheered up again. “But the two of us got most of them! This pie is really good. It’s tasty and has good attributes! This pumpkin pie will be given to the boss, it can add 3% to your attack power!”

“But the leek and egg pies are so flavorful. I couldn’t help but eat one on the way here!” Soul Chaser licked his lips, unsatisfied. “To not waste the buff status, I’ll eat the meat pies later.”

Both food and potions could add buff status to players, but the same type of buff effects couldn’t coexist. For example, Soul Chaser had just eaten Leek and Egg Pie and possessed a buff that automatically restored his mana within 15 minutes. If he continued to eat Meat Pie, then the new buff would replace the previous buff. The Leek and Egg Pie’s buff would be wasted.

“Come, come, come! Everyone tries it! Don’t be polite!” Soul Chaser greeted everyone boldly and then stuffed Meat Pie and Leek and Egg Pie into Bai Ran’s hand. “Boss Bai Ran, this Meat Pie can increase your defense. You can eat this first and eat the Leek and Egg Pie later!”

Ran Qi looked at the pie in his hand with a complicated mood.

“Bai Ran, why don’t you eat it? This meat-flavored one is especially delicious. I just ate one just now, and it tastes no worse than scallion pancakes!” Plume Ink said confidently.

Soul Chaser also looked over. “Yes, yes. The one who made this is also a big boss. Maybe you can become friends through cooking? Try it. Maybe you can get a new inspiration!”

They didn’t think that the person who made these pies would be Ran Qi. According to their thinking, it was incredible that Bai Ran could make scallion pancakes. How could he make a new food so quickly?

But… the truth was often so incredible.

Thinking about the price he set at 60 silver a piece, Ran Qi felt sorry for them. “No need. Keep it for yourself.”

“No need to be polite with them. They have money.” Night Owl spoke.

Plume Ink said, “Yes, yes, yes. We have money. We bought this to improve the strength of the team. Boss Bai Ran, feel free to eat it. We will buy it again when we’re done.”

Ran Qi hesitated for a moment before finally choosing to reveal the cruel truth. “I actually made all these pies…”

Soul Chaser and Plume Ink’s movements froze at the same time, and then they both looked at him in disbelief.

Ran Qi scratched his cheek and took out a thick stack of pies from his backpack. “I also brought you guys quite a few as well. All three flavors are available. You can choose yourself.”

“Hahahaha! I was wondering if it was you when I saw the announcement! Ranran, you are so awesome!” While Plume Ink and Soul Chaser were dumbfounded, Gu Le was overjoyed and pounced over happily. He unceremoniously took six pies from Ran Qi’s hands, two of each flavor.

“By the way, this is your shield.” Ran Qi then took out the black shield he had just made.

[Black Iron Shield]

Restriction Level: 20 or above

Limited Profession: Warrior

Grade: B

Durability: 200/200

Attributes: Basic Defense+60, Strength+12, Constitution+20, Maximum HP+114

“Wow, this shield is really cool!” Gu Le opened his mouth wide. After taking it, he immediately equipped it and made a few silly poses.

“Boss, I kneel for you.” Soul Chaser collapsed and said, “What else can’t you do?”

Ran Qi thought seriously for a moment. “Probably no.”

Everyone: “……”

Please be a human!

No matter what, the delicious pie could not be missed. Quickly accepting the fact, Soul Chaser, Plume Ink, and Sword at Fleeting Time swarmed up and divided up the pies. Their attitude was no different from robbing him.

Night Owl originally thought to give money, but Ran Qi refused to accept it. Despite the high price of these pies, the actual cost was only two or three silver coins at most. So, there was nothing to worry about if he feed them to his own people.

“Ranran! I never thought you had such a talent! Next time, exchange some ingredients, and let’s make something tasty after we get offline?!” Gu Le wolfed down the fresh meat pies and hooked Ran Qi’s shoulder while grinning.

Although it was really nice to be able to savor the food in the game, it was different from the feeling of eating it in reality, with less of that sense of fullness and satisfaction. Since Ran Qi could make such delicious food in the game, he could definitely do the same in reality.

“Okay.” Ran Qi actually had the same idea.

Soul Chaser and the others all showed expressions of envy and hatred—— it would be great if they were also Bai Ran’s classmates.

“Brother! My omnipotent brother Ran! Please make me a weapon too!” Soul Chaser wanted to rush over and hug Ran Qi’s thigh.

“Hey, where’s your moral integrity?!” Plume Ink spat at Soul Chaser while he also leaned over. “Brother Ran, I want it too!”

“And me!” Sword at Fleeting Time said, unwilling to lag behind.

“Okay.” Ran Qi agreed happily.

Night Owl looked at these shameless guys speechlessly, really not wanting to admit that he knew them.

“Let them prepare the materials themselves.” Night Owl sighed and looked at Ran Qi. “You also have been a little too nice.”

“It’s just a favor. Besides, are we not a fixed group? If everyone’s overall strength has increased, we can clear more dungeons. It’s good for me too, right?”

“En.” Night Owl couldn’t help but show some smiles in his eyes. He was suddenly glad that he had a good vision and recruited such a young priest with a good personality, superb skills, and all-round support.

Night Owl slowly finished the pumpkin pie in his hand, stuffed the rest into his backpack, and then reminded. “Okay. Get ready to fight.”

“Okay!”

Soul Chaser had wanted to use arrows to lure the mobs over alone like last time, but he didn’t expect to kill the mobs instantly with just one arrow.

This time, their levels were much higher than the last time they came to clear. Even their equipment and skills had been upgraded. Not to mention the fact that they all had gained buff status. These mobs were simply not enough for them to kill. Naturally, the previous methods didn’t apply anymore.

“Coke, just go over and lure all the monsters here.” Since they could be killed in seconds, there was no need to waste time killing them one by one.

“Okay!” Gu Le immediately rushed out and directly lured a bunch of mobs back. Then everyone swarmed up, chopping melons and vegetables, and killed all the mobs like a whirlwind.

But just as they were about to move forward, a new game announcement popped up over their heads.

[System Announcement] Congratulations to the player [Windstorm Jiangnan] [Raphael] [Four Seasons] [Smoke] [No Happiness] [Feng Tian] for clearing the Shadow Forest Challenge Dungeon with a score of 20 minutes, 11.5 seconds, and getting SSS-level evaluation, setting a new record. Additional reward of [Gold Treasure Chest].

[World] Pathfinder: Wow! Big boss Night Owl’s record has been broken!

[World] A Lonely Boat: What’s all the fuss about? When big boss Night Owl got the first kill, he was only level 21. Most of the people in this team have already reached level 20. They will definitely be faster.

[World] Misty: I think I can do it again… Shadow Forest Challenge Dungeon. Let’s have a powerful priest!

…………

Night Owl raised his eyebrows slightly. “They move very quickly.”

Ran Qi was also a little surprised. He didn’t expect that Jiangnan’s team was full of acquaintances ah. Not to mention Feng Tian, let’s talk about Raphael, No Happiness, and Smoke, they were all recipients of his reward. He even mailed scallion pancakes to them.

“Damn it. That bastard Raphael actually sent me a message to show off!” Soul Chaser said angrily. “We must get the record back!”

“It’s not a big problem.” Plume Ink patted Soul Chaser’s shoulder.

They had half of their current buff state time left, which meant that they had only spent seven or eight minutes fighting the mobs before them. As long as they killed the boss within ten minutes, they could break Jiangnan’s record.

“En. Get ready to fight the monsters.”

Without delay, they quickly ran in the direction of the boss.

Since they were now at a higher level and had better equipment, the damage caused by the boss was no longer as fatal as before. Therefore, when fighting the Orc Boss this time, everyone simply did not dodge or evade. They directly stood up and dealt damage, with Ran Qi by their side to heal them. Their HP was not even lower than 80%. On the other hand, the Orc Boss’s HP was dropping like a avalanche of blood. Those who didn’t know better thought they were fighting a mini-boss within the experience dungeon. 

Ran Qi was stunned when he saw that a fireball from Night Owl had directly knocked more than a thousand drops of the Boss’s HP before he noticed that this guy was already level 27.

Night Owl was simply a leveling machine with no emotions! He only went offline to rest for two hours. How did he go up to another level? Was it said that the higher the level, the harder it was to upgrade???

However, due to the outstanding performance of Night-mobile turret-Owl, they finally succeeded in killing the boss within 10 minutes.

[System Announcement] Congratulations to the player [Night Owl] [Soul Chaser] [Plume Ink] [Sword at Fleeting Time] [Coke] [Bai Ran] for clearing the Shadow Forest Challenge Dungeon in 16 minutes 7.22 seconds, and getting SSS-level evaluation, setting a new record. Additional reward of [Gold Treasure Chest].

“Alas, if it weren’t for the slight delay in front, we could have been faster.” Plume Ink sighed pretentiously, but in reality, his face was full of pride.

“Hahaha. I’m going to laugh at that guy, Raphael!” Soul Chaser laughed maliciously.

The two people looked at each other and saw the mischief in the other’s eyes.

The World Channel was completely exploded this time. The new team had just set a new record from Night Owl. Within a few minutes, Night Owl led the team to set the record again. It improved by a full 4 minutes!

[World] Bear Hardship with Equanimity: Awesome, awesome!

[World] Clear Sky: In fact, our team also cleared the dungeon, but it took more than half an hour and we only got an A-level evaluation. In the end, we were given a silver treasure chest and only got a pair of green shoes QAQ

[World] Dudu: Boss, can you post what you got from opening the treasure chest ah? [Drooling emoji]

…………

Sword at Fleeting Time was also concerned about the contents of the treasure chest. He looked at Bai Ran expectantly. “Father Luck! It’s time for you to show off!”

They now had immense faith in Bai Ran’s luck attributes. When they encountered the need to open a treasure chest, of course, they would let Bai Ran do it.

Ran Qi walked forward with great energy, stretched out his hand, and opened the first Gold Treasure Chest.

[System] Congratulations on obtaining the equipment [Holy Windbreaker] and special items [Abyssal Fragment].

[Holy Windbreaker]

Restriction Level: 15 or above

Limited Profession: Archer

Grade: A

Durability: 400/400

Attributes: HP+182, Physical Defense+24, Strength+22, Agility+23

“Ahhhhh! Brother Ran, you are my real brother!” After Soul Chaser saw the archer’s shirt, he was so excited that he almost jumped up on the spot.

Although the level of the equipment was a bit lower, in the end, it was a purple suit. The additional attributes could be much stronger than those of the level 20 green suit on him!

Last time, Plume Ink got the archer’s skill book. This time, the archer’s shirt naturally belonged to Soul Chaser, who was so happy that he almost wanted to faint.

“Brother Ran, fighting! There’s another treasure chest!”

Ran Qi opened the second treasure chest. This time, he opened two items—— A ring and a skill book.

[System] Congratulations on obtaining the equipment [Blood Ring] and [Skill Book – Revolving Sword]

[Blood Ring]

Restriction Level: 15 or above

Limited Profession: All Professions

Grade: B

Durability: 200/200

Attributes: Physical Attack+29, Agility+15, Constitution+11, Critical Strike+4

[Skill Book – Revolving Sword]

Can Learn Level: 10

Limited Profession: Warrior

Description: Open it to learn the skill [Revolving Sword]. Instant cast, cooldown time 5 seconds. Generating a small amount of hatred value can attack the target and its surrounding 6 enemies at the same time. Attack damage increased by 1%. As the skill level increases, the attack damage increases.

Although the ring was only blue, its attributes were definitely the best in the physical attack category, especially the critical strike attribute, which could increase the chance of a critical hit. It was very advantageous in real combat.

Soul Chaser now had purple clothes, and Plume Ink already had the Triple Shot skill book, so naturally, this ring should be given to Sword at Fleeting Time.

As for the warrior’s skill book, of course, it belonged to Gu Le. After all, he was the only warrior in their team.

“Hahahaha. I took screenshots of everything we found in the treasure chests and sent them to Jiangnan and Raphael. They are simply the unluckiest people. From the two Gold Treasure Chests, they only get one green item and one blue item!” Soul Chaser scoffed unceremoniously, not remembering that his team had been this unlucky before.

In fact, it was still early in the game. Green and blue equipment were not bad, but in comparison, the items opened by Jiangnan’s team and Ran Qi’s were like heaven and earth.

“I also sent a screenshot of the ring to No Happiness and Little Four.” A low-key smile hung on the face of Sword at Fleeting Time. No Happiness was an assassin like him, and Four Seasons was an all-attack berserker. This ring was definitely an eye-catching existence for them.

Plume Ink even ran directly to the world channel to fool around.

[World] Plume Ink: I heard that someone wanted to see what we got, right? Hehehe [Holy Windbreaker] [Blood Ring] [Skill Book – Revolving Sword]

[World] No Happiness: Please be a human!

[World] Raphael: Please be a human!

[World] Four Seasons: Please be a human! [Vomiting blood emoji] [Vomiting blood emoji]

[World] Windstorm Jiangnan: Night Owl, don’t you care?

[World] Bear Hardship with Equanimity: What’s going on here? (⊙_⊙)

[World] Clear Sky: The captains of the two teams seem to know each other… Sure enough, the boss’s friend is also a boss… [Biting handkerchief emoji]

[World] A Leaf Lonely Boat: Is this from the two treasure chests? A purple suit, an accessory, and a skill book! They are all good things with extremely low rates ah! This is really good luck, right?! Shed tears of jealousy…

[World] Dudu: This tone… I feel like the other team must be… [Cover mouth emoji]

[World] Misty: Big boss, please be a human!